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jIINARAN'S LLaIITHISKY v. COGNAC, PREThi% Mebrated Old IRIS II WHISKY rivals the finest NCII BRANDY, It iz Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 39. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Azents in the pris4al towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STRERT, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Rinahan's IL Whisky." THE IMPERIAL NIERCAN PILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION, Limit e d . Capital subscribed, 1-5,000400, ia 100,000 shares of £CO each. Paid up, 5. , 50',000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., Ch a i rman. :Kcnoplion Balli, Esq. Charles Belson, Esq, E. J. Coleman, :?sq.G. G. Macohrs in, Esq. Mr. Alderman Da4in. Sir J. H. Pelly, Bart. .larnes Dickson, Esq. W. Scholefield, Esq„ M.P. I'• D. Hadow, Esq. Sir S. 0. Scott, Bart. J. 0. Hanson, Esq. H. D. Seymour, Esq., M.P. IV. il. Hartord, H. Joseph Thornton, Esq. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. F. G. Westmorland, Es /. J. G. llomere, Esq. Alfred NVilson, Esq. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston. M. Zarifl, Esq. The Bank of Ir ng l and BANKERS. The Azra and Maaterman's Bank, Limi ed. The Bank of London. The Union Bank of London. sir W. Miles, Bart., and Co., BristoL • SOLICITORS. hlessre Edwalds and Co., and Me-ere. Ashurst, Morris, and Co. M henry J. Barker, Esq. ONAGERS. , and T. Fraser Sndeman, Esq. T his AssociAion receives money on deposit at notice, and tor fixed periods, on terms to be agreed upon ; makes advances ;aPproved securities, and effects purchases and sales of .(;)eka, shares, and debentures ; negotiates loans, and under- Ts general financial business. ''oraMunications io be addressed to the Managers. By order. W. C. WIN TERBOTTOM, Secretary. TEMPORARY OFFICES. `ma y House, 96, Bishopgate-street Within. THE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY OF CENTRAL ITALY (Limited). IlleorPorated under " Tho Companies Act, 1862," with Cult.] limited liatullty. 4250,000, in 25,000 shares of £lO each, of which 16,000 De posit on a have been already plac e d. No application XI, and on allotment .£1 per share. call to exceed £2, or to be made at less intervals than three months. 'rho DIRECTORS. C harles Samuel Cutbill, Esq., 13, Gresham-street, E.C. aou,rles F ienfrey, Esq 17, Pall-Mall, W. W;I„n Totaps,tt Noak , e, Esq. (Messrs. J. T. and W. Noakes), ill ' . l.th wark-street, Borough, S. E 4telain Quilter , Esq. (Messrs. Quilter , Ball, and Co.), Moor treet, l aM llallison Starlin , . E q., Director of the London and corthern Bank, Laurence Pountney-hill, E.C. eQrge Wythes, Esq.. jun., Bickley Park, Bromley, Rent 11 ith power to add to their number. MANAGING DIRECTOR IN ITALY. George Henfrey, Esq., C.E. The Agra BANKERS. - 'gTa and Mastsrman's Bank (Limited), Nicholas-lane, London, E.C. SOLICITORS. k essrs. Janson, Cobb, and Pearson, 4, Basinghall-st., E.C. STANDING COUNSEL IN ITALY. Il Signor Cay. Chlapusso, Advocate, Turin, Member of the Italian Pa r li ament. BROKERS. lie ßSts. Tozer and Quilter, 5, Coptball-court, Throgmorton street, London, E.C. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Mr. Charles I. C. Crocker. The v TEMPORARY OFFICES. 04 t17 House, Laurence Pountney-hill, London, E.C. PROSPECTUS. til l'i e ° e nnntry in the world presents more opportunities for ab alv antageous employment of capitsl than Italy, it rkl,, °ands in mineral and agricultural wealth, and has a large oritlation affording an abundance of cheap labour, and only ires the application of capital, on the joint-stock prin. tl. ) e 'i,nd English enterprise to develops and render produo- T,,,a great natural resources. de ve " l l ,! ( impany is formed to provide the requisite means for r elm „ a l u l e ng industrial undertakings of undeniable corarric poTrhe b usiness of the Company will be commenced by the e a selllatt nd working of extensive and valuable deposits of pror,,,phur, situate ,n the Romagna, which are now being . s ei X,o With considerable profit, and are in the immediate top,aoourhood of the productive sulphur mines of the ~,,I_l4lacr.ese Company , which for several_ years realised profits yed. i4asiaz 33 per cent. per annum on the capital e n ,,, le mines intended to be wor- ed by this Company are n„l"Vious to the Central Italian Railway, and within a few f, - ;, e , 5 of good seaports, and they have been thoroughly in ,,`",-eLed and investigated by independent and reliable practi rnett, specially sent over by the Directors for that purpose, 11-4. u. their ieports, which can be seen at the office of the Com ,aY, enable the Directors to state with confidence that a net - mnle,i p ro fit of from 15 to 25 per cent. on the capital era- Plo Jed may be fairly anticip a t e d . ~,t•inder their advice a provision:l agreement has been en pia7ed. into for the purchase of the whole of the concessions of , e mines, together with all rights and privileges, and peat thereto ' attached, for the sum of £Bs,ooo. The sulphur, r lime' ed, being subject to a small royalty of about sd. quintal. , Not more than half the capital of the Company will be re 'lllreo for the purchase and development of the sulphur rai n 4 5 e' ; consequently, it is not proposed to call up more nn than A P: r 8 are until other undertakings are entered . up . ee -- ,', a Pr. of of the confidence felt by the venders in the sue -11,7,41 working of these mines, they have consented to take ts,,'„ r `Y one-half their purchase money in shares, on which Per are not to receive interest or dividend until 10 per cent. zs.,,thaum has been paid on the capital employed. wiii",Promotion money, or other similar charge, has been or p y ue Paid in respect of the formation of this Company. Offic e informa ion may be obtained at the Temporary ti lt ' e m of the articlesr copies of the re orts, and the 44Ppierandurn and of association may be seen. Qplication for shares must be made in the annexed form, , o _ , :i sent to the Bal.kers, Brokers, or to the Temporary et tr,_e_f the Company, accompanied by the required deposit an lo „Yfr share, and in cases where no allotment is made the leiC" of deposits paid on application will be returned in FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No. (To be left with th e B an k ers.) To th***** e Directors of the Industrial Company of Central Italy (Limited). ocnt, Vestry Hous, Laurence Pountney-hill, London. _ Ilatot men,--- Having paid to the Agra and Masterman's oh li4irritted), the sum Lf £ , being X 1 per share deposit !sh ame . __ shares, I request you to . allot me that number of Itni y ';,.‘',' 1 10 each in the Industrial Company of Central Pan ) , r n tl!ed), and I agree to become a member of the Corn -411,64 accept such shares, or any less number that you may at w e n ' to lay a further sum of £1 per share on allotment,. As,,_, '!ii all subsequent calls, and to sign the Articles of Ntiectation when required, I also authorise you to have my 01 S i, Place on the Register 01 Shareholders for the number area allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant , Name in full Occupation . Address in full Usual signature the day of , 1864. Titp. ~,„.,_, ME RCHANT BANKING COMPANY OF LONDON INVITE (Limited), tStESCRIPTIONS FOR THE CAPITAL OP THE RITISH AND NETHERLANDS INDIA lor„, BANK (Limited). e t'i'lrPorated under the Companies' Act, 18'0, w hi c h li m i ts alla te li s a . b ilitY of each shareholder to the amount of his Ca pital, Two Millions, In 40,000 shares of 1,30 each. It First issue, 20 000 s h ares. i s Iroposed not to call up more than L:2 Its. per share. " ~,,. Depo s it, £1 per share, and £4 on allotment. 0 call to exceed £2 per share, and three months' interval between each call, N 1 DIRECTORS. and Co. London r es Butler Es E., of the late firm of H . and J. Johnston , Ai eXander Fraser, Esq., London, of Maclaine, Watson, and A C.a.; Batavia. e 'lector, Esq., of A. Hector an 4 Co., London an d Pagdai. 'Pea 1 1`Master, Esq., Director of the Merchant Banking It'oMpan M y. obert 'Kerrell, Esq., 45, Inverness-terrace, of Scott and ~0., Mauritius. Paterson, Esq., Chairman of the Standard Bank of B u tJoh hSou Africa. 11 T orrance, Esq., Director of the Alliance Bank. 'Th e EINICERS. the Alliance Bank, London, Liverpool, and Manchester. ge Slerchant Banking Compa .y of London, Cannon-street. BROILERS. Messrs. J. an d J . Whitehead, 8, Ifoorgate-streets !SECRETARY, PRO TEM. B. W. Ball, Esq. OFFICES. 141.Ch tlat Battling Company of London, 28, Cannon-street. Alt h a , ~hourz h PROSPEcTUS. within the past few years considerable addition D o , u een made to nal banking capital of our great Eastern 4. Bessions, it must still be admitted that In India, China, tgan, and Australia, as well as in the Eastern Archipelago tom(Tally, business has greatly outrun existing banking ac leodation, and the necessity Akashi. pre-ses hard and to ere upon trade in these parts for greatly increased mone ',7 facilities. Ii. 1 :0 meet this necessity in some measure, the British and h n 'Oieriands India Bank is established; and, a though it takes trrers in its Articles of Association to enter upon any por a°4 of the wide field before it, not only in India, China, and ,;,.atitralia, but also in the Eastern Archipelago, yet its first er.ations will be directed to those parts which have been (.',,BY neglected by the newly-created kindred ins, itutions. 4 1 , —. „,. 1 ef among these fields in India will be the Madras Presl - ii'. l ; and some estimate may be formed of its value when it have tied that the import and export trade of Southern India ex te More than doubled within the last five years, and the k "I on of the railway system to th a t p or ti on of Asia, and PPllcation of European capital to the development of its have I,esollrces, as a coffee, cotton, and tea growing territory, grea, increased its productive power to such exte, t tt.at a itiqtyl,ddition of banking capital is absolutely necessary to lose The " e l egitimate requirements of commerce. otßritish and Netherlands India Bank will also, without ~,M1 a,.t,,ltne, establish branehes in China, Japan, and Batavia, "atilr:O n getnents are contemplated with an_ Australian 411447 which its operations will likewise be effectually ex- India, 'CI that field. nProtitable investment the British and Netherlands tee n '''akattifgss aver d irabie opportunity. It will corn extens4Pe" under promises of very valuable and meet c lPle in b.,t u PPert ; and at a time hen the joint-stock prin- f Z t he rich fizl i ,p2g. ie penetrating with new eaae e a v r e t ig i Aatret at o e . ? in that vpt•esented tn the East, it I P native I ,'T_POly o f very lucrative business be—uvriedreYrtd:kseri " discounters. p.ion of exchange banking business a ild it N i ,.., en by the British and Netherlands India Bank, .will also it, constitute a peculiar feature of the Company, that and satistacto nron,, Whi c h _ry ..s!curities it will issue credits to producers, No " lar. , commissions are made to the bIiAL the 41,91totion money will be given in the establishment of ex„„" uses and Netherlands India Bank The preliminary ,I,' , n es will be confined to necessary disbursements. Ve remuneration of the Dire lore left to the shareholders. oss,rospectuses and forms t n aiplicaton for shares may be oT;allied ot the Broker s ere, and at the Temporary e es of the Company; but no application for shares will be liidered unless a deposit f per share h as been pre "Gusty aid to the Bankers a the I c o T in b l e ,a A p n r y t . icles of Association Company,canbeseenatihe Offices of the re ,ti the event of no allctme;ntabnenh;g made the deposit will be Id the aumber allotted b: 11 , rued without deduction 1,,i,' ,8 8 than the number applied fOr°ll il Le applied towards the amo unech l i i :. pa y m ent in excess FORM OF APPLICATION ?on RrIARES. To be retained by th e Bankers. TO the Directors of the Bri (L ti i sh mited) and Nethe r ' , cds India Bank t (ientlemen,—llaving paid to yrur Bankers the aum of the , beinq a deposit of ti per share on shares in 4, above Company, I hereby request that you will %Lot me that n umber, and I agree to become a member or the COM t i1 ,... r1 Y in respect of such shares, or in respect of any less num a;nl may allot me ; and to pay on allotment the further l a , ;tit of £4 per share thereon, and I request that my name It- -e Placed the Register of Members for the shares so alltted. on Name in full.. .................... Residence. ............ Profession or bu5ine55...........: J;) te THE PLANET JUPITER, when magnified 250 times with the NEW 55 TELESCOPE, appears seven times as large as the moon is to thenaked eye ; and the other planetary bodies proportionately. It will also distinguish the face of a sheep and features of a man four miles, shot marks upon a target two miles, and time by a church clock 10 miles. 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E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY EEGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of .this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chara ;ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. _ _ THERE IS NO cnanGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land OfHoes, 67, Chancery-lane, London. IPURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOIH. CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un aequalled ROUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated brilo adm.-able engravings of every description of Furniture and Beasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale ' _ _ A Six-roomed Parsonage • £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ 259 16 6 A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiring househ,ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston. Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborou,gh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brita.r„ COI3BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND 01110. Circular to Bondolders of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway. NEW YORK SECTION. NOTICE IS lIEREBY GIVEN, that the sum set apart for the redemptten of Bonds under the operation of the Sinking Fund, has been applied to the purchase of the under mentioned Bonds of the New York Section of the s Aid Com r anY, viz.:— Bonds, Nos. 57, 109. 342, 419, 424, 602, 667, 668, eight Dols. Bonds of 1,000 dollars each B,OOO Bonds, Nos. 873, 917, 1,090, 1,156, four Bonds of 500 dollars each 10,000 And that the Bonds, together with the halt-yearly Coupons or Interest Warrants, from January 1, 18,15, to July 1, 1879, both inclusive, attached to each of said Bonds respectively, have been this day cancelled by the undersigned John Henry Grain, of London, Notary Public. SAMUEL GURNEY, JNO. P. KENNARD, Trustees. CHAS. MOZLEY, London, July 21, ISL 4. J. H. GRAIN, Notary Public,. V.R.-TOWER, SALE OF STORES.—Bv Order of the SECRE TARY of STATE for WAR, Mr. GEORGE SPILLMAN will Sell, by Public Auction, in the Tower, on TUESDAY, the 2nd August. 1861, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the following Stores:— Fire Englnes. Tents, circular. Blanket Covers. Coppers. Waterproof Greatcoats. Accoutrements. Ranges, with ovens and Tools, var ou boilers. I Old Iron and SteeL May be viewed at the Tower, from 10 to 4 o'clock, Ihe three days previous to the day of sale; and catalogues may be had at the War-o Ace, Pall- all ; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. VINTAGE WINE COMPANY, Importers of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Bloomsbury-stt eet, London, Four Doors South of New Oxford-street. The Vintage Comida Sherry, Golden ... The Vintage Xeres Ditto, Pale The VintatTe Port, No. 1 2oe. „ The Vintage Port, No. 1* The Vintag,e Port, No. 5, fine rich old The Vintage Claret The Vintage Beaujolais, recommended ........ 165. „ The Vintage Champagne, quarts „ pints lss. „ The Vintage Hock, sparkling, very choice Ms. „ The Vintage Burgundy, sparkling superb 405, „ The Vintage East India Sherry 545. „ The Vintage a montillado, the choicest imported 565. „ Fine old Cognac. Liquors, Spirits, ttc. THE VINTAGE ALHANACK, with price list and medical and clerical testimonials, sent post ire:. See 803 opinions of the press. 14, Bloomsbury-street. N. W. HODG'ES, Secretary. QOllO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and Houses to be disposei of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. MESSRS. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., beg respectfully to inform their patron that In conse quence of the approaching termination of the season, and the arrangements they have made for the early receipt of their Autumn novelties, theyhave determined to offer the Summer portion of their valuable stock at a very great diminution in price. With this Intention, they have carefully revised the goods in the various departments specially to effect such a reduAion, and cffer thcm for sa e this day (July lit) throughout the month and during August. Messrs. 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SIIERWOODOLE : " Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. caosuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Price's Patent," from 6d. tles, 6d. and Is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold , Na the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Grocer. Wholesale by Price s Patent Caudle Company (Limited), London. PRIZE MED A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER Jr CO., Wax Chandlers, t.+3.02., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellent* of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Tatted Wicks, patented.. 2s, 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • • • .. 25. Od. per RI VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality „. •• • • •• ls. sd. per lb. Second quality • • .. Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .• Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar - ,9".<; ~~ i i ~ ~.•._, - c-----4:;T..-•cw‘g c2..a-c__-4GI. ~ ..,,,,, ...,:c.:.7:4-', t ~ ______ _ ___ _,-- -- 7.. ..„ N EWS E.N.PE 11 ..7 ~.../..z___ _....t0r _.------,---- ~,......,_t_ .ic.... ~........4 . ,,H . ..,-rpc ) . . • 4 i 4 1 : 14::: ' ' '....."..ja. ' ....... '. ' 4% *''''P .e .'" The _ ..... -,....,...—..... . .-i >----- .'.''.. , ~.. .. .Ft A-1.0 , 61,', ~ 'SA 'Zi T 1: * ‘ ... , A - 1, • N . 'Z' '' 1 1 . , \ -.., - &/)4,•0h'if'14'...., K i .,. '.4 . ' , 4 ' • 7 ,V AC %4.-11 " 1, .... iTh .... ...." • < ' ; 't- V ,- . . . «] 0 , 0 ,7.: 'Y ', 4 r • S , l't-1 1114 ' "::; ,144111 r.. , .1 ... , ,,,.," 1 05 '.ag v ' , .... AL - Nl,. ,;: i : 1I -..--- .. i i . -4, --To , ' :. ~. ' D r , tt'74:'' 6 - •" 0 :7e.,, , ,P 1 - -D " V '-'-'"- 10%....... , - .4.41,,,,, t::: ICTO THE EDITOR OF THE 5.4, 1 Sir,--For - the information and sitisftictWs i t tTgr i public, who are evidently so much int er e s t c nn the' welfare of the poor man Cooper, who was acci dentally shot on Thursday last at the Wimbledon butts, I beg you will be so good as to allow me to convey through your columns an authentic account of his present condition, more particularly as I hear and see so many erroneous statements of him. A penetrating wound of the cavity of the chest must always be a very serious affair, but it by no means necessarily follows that because a man re. eci ves a wound of this or any other cavity of the body by a rifle bullet, the aperture of whose en trance and exit shall be Opposite, that the interven ing contained orgnris are inv,aiably completely penetrated. So much depends upon a variety of circumstances connected both with the position of the individual firing, as we:l as of the man who is shot, &c., which are well understood by all experi. enced military surgeons, and duly taken into consideration before venturing to pronounce any definite prognosis as to the probable issue of the wound, Now, in this case, if the bullet had transfixed the intervening structures which exist between the anterior and posterior parts of the chest, the most important structures of the left lung would have been wounded, as also some part of the heart itself, and only a fatal resu l t could be anticipated. S uc h, however, in my opi n i on, after a careful examination, and taking every c i rcumstance into considerat i on, was not the course of the bullet, and I ventured to pronounce that the poor f e ll ow ' s chance was by no means so hopeless. lam happy to feel daily more confirmed in that view, but, unfortunately, the future results of the accident may, I fear, be much complicated by the fact that the bullet still remains, no attempt having been made to extract it from its reported position in front of the chest after the first receipt of the injury. The man is blessed with an unimpaired constitu tion, and his temperament is most favourable, which no doubt will serve him hereafter ; but if he has this to be thankful for, and the hairbreadth escape of sudden death which, under Providence, he has had, how much must he ever feel indebted, if he should ultimately recover, to the humane and anxious solicitude of Lord and Lady Elcho, who have been so unceasing in every effort to provide for his smallest comfort P And I can but feel that the remembrance of this must always be a deep source of gratitude to every soldier of the Brigade of Guards, so many of whom h ave b ee n associated with these annual Volunteer meetings, and now express so much sympathy for the sufferings of their wounded comrade.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, JOIIN WYATT, Surgeon-Major, Coldstream Guards. Guards' Hospital, Vincent-square, July 24. The Danish Question. Under the title of "La France et Europe," the Pays publishes another article, warning the two German Powers not to imagine themselves at liberty to dispose as they please of the Danish prod vinces. The late debates in the English Parliament on the diplomatic documents published in London, but repudiated by the three Northern Sovereigns, show that all parties in England are of opinion that for the advancement of progress and civilisa. tion and for the maintenance of peace, the union between France and England should be made more and more intimate :—" And let no mistake be made in the matter," says the writer," when on both sides of the Channel an intimate alliance and a cordial understanding are spoken of, it is not in view of a material war, to be made and carried on in com mon with cannons and muskets. No one anticipates anything of the sort. It is in view of common efforts to be combined in favour of civilisation, peace, end liberty. Civilisation, peace, and liberty appear to still have in old Europe stubborn and incorrigible adversaries who concert together to impede their normal development, and the calm and legitimate expansion of those principles. Well, the statesmen of France and England say with reason that the pro jects directed against liberty are without danger on the day when the two great Western Powers, which are at the head of the nations, labour to. gether for the general prosperity and for the emancipation of humanity. Whilst in both houses of the British Parliament the Ministerial mem bers, as well as those of the Opposition, recog nise the value and utility of the Anglo• French alliance, the Ambassadors and Minister of the Northern Courts and of the Governments of Ger many make energetic protestations of their lively sympathy for the Court of the Tuileries: All the Cabinets of the European continent make it their duty to declare that they attach the greatest price to remaining in harmony with the Cabinet of Paris. They assure that Government of their ardent desire to live in the best intelligence with it, and affirm that never a hostile thought nor a warlike inclina tion had entered their minds. In a word, if all do not seek the alliance with France with the same eagerness, because all do not follow the same liberal and progressive, pacific, and civilising career, all at least endeavour to reassure her as to their feelings and intentions; all prove clearly the high esteem in which they hold her, and the extreme confidence which they accord to her. We may be allowed to eulogise the Emperor's Government for those results which spring from the Nisdom and moderation it has shown in the question of the Duchies. France has not to trouble herself materially either about the plans more or less contrary to right and equity which Austria an d Prussia appear to pursue with the complicity of Russia relative to Denmark. Those projects do not affect us directly ; they interest infinitely more the Diet, whose authority they suppress, and the Con. federation, whose dissolution they prepare. The Emperor's Government, cannot, however, remain indifferent to acts which at the same time shock the old and the new public law—to a violence which no longer belongs to the present age, and which re veals a spirit of conquest so contrary to modern manners—and to diplomatic arrangements which attest the intention of opposing the pacific and regular advance of ideas of progress and civilisa. tion. Those are tendencies and facts to be re. gretted, and are too much in opposition to the requirements of peace and the principles of liberty of our times for the chastisement not to follow the fault, since he who sows the storm must of neeessitl reap the whirlwind. France of 1789 and of 1864 must disapprove by her language of such tendencies moment an im mense such facts, in order to show clearly that she belongs to young Europe, and not topothliecy doe s a w n i a th th th e e e m go o t d is e m rat a io n n d a e n ar d m p d b i oi s h tw i i a n o s e t n oe r d lr s d e w e , ' r s h i t g a v e i n i e d ev d d h . The t p h o i s s it s i which the Court of the Tuileries ness which characterise her present from the contrast between this disinterestedness and moderation hone considerable moral political ascendancy, influence. That ascendancy an infiuence it is which she will know how to place at the service of unit s and true liberty." versal progress to hurry tha that nto a Government r eer of a t t the v iolence apnrde :t o o t nh present BEATE( OF MRS. WOOD, TUE VOCALIST.—Thig once celebrated vocalist expired on Thursday last at Ba'claire Ball, Bretton West, near Wakefield, where she had resided for the last 12 months, Mrs Wood had retired from public life for many years, and devoted her talents to the teaching of m us i c at Leeds. It was at the national theatres, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, that Mrs Wood, as Miss Paton, fi rst won her great fame as a vocalist, and gained a hold upon the admiration of the public which never ceased until her final retirement from the stage. Fier reper toire, when her fame became established, extends( 1 through the whole range of English opera, in which 'there was scarcely a piece which she did not adorn by her attractive vocalisation and dramatic talents. It was in the zenith of her reputation as a vocalist that she was married to Lord William Lennox. The un i on , h owever, did not prove a happy one, and no very long time elapsed befolre a separa tion, followed by a divorce, took place. She s , lb se quently married Mr Wood, himself a vocalist of considerable talent. As Mrs Wood she continued to maintain theliigh position she had achieved as the first of English fenn tl a vocalists, gradually contracting her public engagemen t s, however, until she finally retired from the stage, and took up her residence at Wakefield, where she liv,2d for se veral years. She afterwards removed to Leeds, votere, as alt e ady stated, she occupied the p o sition of a teacher o f Il a UB i Q . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1864. Now ready all at the Libraries, in 3 vols., MA T T I E. A STRAY. By the Author of "No Church," "Owen: A Waif," .te. " There is great ability in this book."—Spectator. " A very at'ractive, interesting', and naturally told tale. It well sustains the author's high reputation." —Sun, Hurst and Blacke t, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now Ready, in Crown Bvo., F OOTPRINTS ON ROAD. By CHARLES RENT. Chapman and hall, 193, Ptcadilly. 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Although the National Rifle Association struck its flag at Wimbledon on Saturday evening, and returned with a well filled treasury chest to headquarter s in Pall-mall East, the prize list this year was so very lengthened that there was one important competition which could not be fitted into the proceedings of the past fortnight. It therefore re mained over till this week, and must last some days before it can be decided. The prize in question is one of £lOO, given by General the Marquis of Tweeddale, for military rifles carrying 650 ammunition, with a view of attracting the best weapons in either class the money offered was di vided as follows—£so open to muzzle-loaders, and £5O open to breech-loaders, the latter tender being accompanied with a notification that where any of the breech-leading rifles stem that could be a s3' desirable that a a co pp ra l p ie e d tin to g existing o n s e s r t r v u i c c e t e r d i a u t p s o , n i t was con verted service rifle should be tried. It will be seen at once, in the present unsettled state of the small-arms question, what importance attaches to a double competition of this nature, open to all gunmakers, except those whose weapons have smaller bores than were hitherto thought consistent with the military service. The conditions under which the contest took place were well calculated to test the qualifications of the respective rifles. The Council of the association waived the preference which they them selves entertain for machine rests, and allow the competitors to shoot with any other description of rest and in any posi tion which they might select. The rifles were all required to be full stocked, not to exceed 91lb in weight, having metal ramrods and military sights, with a 61b pull of trigger ; mechanically fitting ramrods were prohibited. To prevent any arrangement of a private nature allowing one or two competitors to walk over the ground, the conditions stipu lated that in each of the competitions there should be at least three entries representing three different systems, otherwise the match would not proceed. The proceedings yesterday commenced at an early hour end las od, with an interrnp tiost caused by heavy showers, until close en 7 o'clock. In the afternoon theatmosphere of Wimbledon entirelychanged its character from that which was presented last week. The tropical heat which then necessitated a resort to cap covers and all manner of cooling drinks completely disappeared, and in its stead a strong damp wind blew up and partly across the range, rendering an overcoat by no means an undesir able possession. For each of the prints several well-known inventors and gunmakers had entered their names, and the order of proceeding, which was similar at both the ranges, was as follows—Each competitor, or the marksman selected to act for them, fired 100 rounds continuously at 550 yards, as fast as he could load and fire, the officer in charge timing the number of rounds per minute, and taking fete of all the misses as well as hits. After this test of rapidity of firing the target was pa;nted afresh, and from the same rifle, with out being cleaned, and without reference to the time occu pied in aiming, 10 shots were fired to test the accuracy of the weapon, which was then handed over to the council for safe keeping. Capt. Page, Adjutant of the London Scottish, and executive officer of the National Rifle Association, had charge of the range at which the muzzle loaders were tested. Capt. Knight, musketry instructor to 3d Depot Battalion, Chatham, superintended the breech loading competition. The most remarkable feature in the day's proceedings was the performance of the Whitworth rifle in the hands of Mr Leace. In his 100 rounds, which were fired in the incre dibly short space of 24 min. 35 sec., being at the rate of rather more than 4 shots a minute, the following were the results achieved, to the astonishment cjf the spectators : Bull's -eyes, 34 ; centres, 40 ; outers, 23 ; ricochets, 1 ; misses, 2 ; total marks, 304. That is to say, that a muzzle loading gun, fired from a stand representing the ordinary sand-bag rest, with shot after shot poured in so rapidly that taking aim seemed out of the question, actually made a score better than that achieved by any breech loading rifle tried in the course of the day, besides pressing them all closely in point of time. The rifle with which Mr. Leace shot was a short large bore Whitworth, and the perfect preparation of all his appliances was only less remarkable than the suc cess attending his efforts. The next muzzle loader tried was the Turner rifle. It completed its 100 rounds in 41 min. 2 sec., and the score which it made was as follows -- Bull's-eyes, 9; centres, 32; outers, 30; ricochet, 0; misses, 29 ; total marks, 194. Unlike the Whitworth rifle, with which a prepared cartridge was used, the Turner rifle was loaded with loose powder from a flask. The next name upon the list was that of Mr Boucher, whose peculiar disc bullet has given rise to much controversy in print and elsewhere. The shooting of this rifle was accordingly watched with much interest, but something evidently went wrong with it internally, for over 20 of the bullets in their course gave out a very uncertain sound, and the following score was considered so unsatisfactory by Mr Boucher himself that he withdrew from participation in the future stages of the contest :—Bull's-eyes, 2, centres, 3; outers, 10; ricochets 3; misses, 82; total marks, 37. In the shots which were separately fired with a view to determine the accuracy of the different weapons the follow ing were the scores respectively :—Whitworth, 29, Turner, 26, Boucher, 4. At the range immediately adjoining the trial of small bores proceeded simultaneously. That known as Green's was the first taken up. Of its 100 rounds, which were completed in 21 minutes, the following produce was recorded :—Bull's eyes, 4 ; centres, 14 ; outers, 26 ; ricochets, 6 ; misses, 50 ; total marks, 110. The number of na'ssfires being considered an important element in the perforrdance of breech loaders, note was taken of the fact that there were three such with this weapon in the firing of the 100 rounds. Henry's rifle, using cartridges carrying their own ignitions, discharged its allotted number of shots in 17 min. 12 sec., and made, Bull's eyes, 24 ; centres, 41; outers, 20 ; ricochets, 3 ; misses, 12— total marks, 259. Three missfires also occurred with this weapon, but they were all connected with the same charge, which was then drawn and replaced by another, when no further difficulty occurred. Bearing in mind that the Cooper rifle, unlike its predecessors, had to be capped before every discharge, its 100 rounds were got through with wonderful rapidity. They were all fired , in 15 minutes, but the pace told on the steadiness of aim, for the score made when the rounds were exhausted was the following : —Bull's eyes, 4; centres, 9; outers, 13; ricochets, 19; misses, 55—total marks, 69. A fourth competitor entered and began his 100 shots, but found there was something defective in the spring of the hammer, which it was necessary to remedy before proceeding further. Other gunreakers were on the ground, but the state of the weather deerred them from commenc ing till this morning, when the competition will be resumed at 9 o'clock. Lord Elcho and General Hay attended to watch the pro part of the Council. ceeAdininges on theetingtook place last week in one of the large tents of the Volunteers of all Yorkshire, now present at the great national rifle contest. The object of the gathering was for the purpose of organising committees for selecting " teams" to represent that imp ortant count y , boasting of s ome of the ciil crack shots of the king dom, both in the small bore and the Enfield national rifle contests at Wimbl edon. Lord Bolton advantages and the desirability of su c h his lordship adverted to the ' an organisation, n remarks, whi n e met the cordial approbation co made a b l a le t some i d o n up o o f n all pertinento present. presid e .LA I t was following gentlemen shoul d form com mittees for the several ridings, with a view to th e carryin g o ut of the object : West , York. F o r hiding—Captainh e Mackie, Ensign Thomas, lifax ; Captain E rison, Rotherham ; H a ; Bedale. g — Captain Scrooge, Danby Hall ; Lieut. F , Chap man, East Riding— t J. J. Thorney, EB4 9 Hull; Lieut, Thos, Harland, Brid lington. Captain Harrison , hon. secrwtar Y. After these appointments the meeting wa s ad j ourned until the York contest, which takes place nex t month. D oubtless, under such auspices, the association wi ll comm end itself a t o n ce to the notice and support of th e whole of the Yorkshire Volunteers, and more especial l y to the cra ck shots of the great county. North it Wakefield; Captain Har rison,noticed we Among the various telescopes whichn use at several of the targets, and which attracted i co nsiderable at tention by reason of the clearness with which it showed the mark of the bullet on the disc, was the new achromatic one manufactured by the Messrs. Solomons, o f Albemarle street, which we were informed is published at a very low price by this firm, in order that it may be wi thin the reach of every volunteer for rifle contest s and observation. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A 131 . 11181 1 CHURCH. —On the forenoon of Sunday l a st a r ather unedi fying and indecorous scene occurr ed in a p aris h church not far from the banks of the Dee. The c. quietly glancing nen tered early and was seated in the p ul p it, glancing over his MS., and the precentor was practisin g the tunes for the day with his choir, the ch urch otherw ise being as yet unoccupied except one pew, the congregati on having farm not yet assembled, The occupant of this pa r ti cular pew had, it would appear, a reason for being early, a part from the commendable habit cf promptitude for its own sa k e, He is the new tenant of a farm, and his pred ecessor in it did not by y the the pew , which had not attended the Established Chu rch, and consequently d continued t o h ie occupied require 19 sears ago, farm, quittedsvhad, ths however, his predec essor in the e rm had shown no disposition to give up his occupan c y a t th e call cf the new tenant, who, having dul y cer tified himself as to the pew that belonged to him as tenant, had gone early to church, in the spirit of the maxim that 4; p oss „. sion is nine point s in law." rho old te nant, however, came into church when matters were going on as describ e d, an d ordered him to clear out. This he refused to do, where upon the old occupant seized him by the throat, and pro ceeded to drag him out by sheer force. In the s cu ffl e t h a t ensued, the new tenant's collar and shirt front were torn and damaged, and are now in the hands of the fiscal of a neighbouring county town, forming a sort of corp us delicti in whatever civil or criminal proceedings may be deemed necessary as a fitting wind-up to this rather unse e mly coloiatitiol 6acounter,--44mfren Frye Preys. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial sdance, by William Brougn, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Sat rday), at 8 ; Thursday and Saturday morning's, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, i 4, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, is., 25.; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, 58., can be secured in ad vance at the Gallery without fee. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the committee of the House of Lords concluded their labours by passing the bills for the metropolitan district railways, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Steamboat Traffic Bill, the Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway, and the London and North Western and Charing cross Railway. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The auditors of this company (Mr. J. Pilcher and Mr. S. C. Fitzmaurice) report that after checking the bankers' balances by personal inquiry, and the stores accounts by being present at the half-yearly stocktaking of the several depots, also comparing the dividend warrants issued with the capital on which they are payable, and after a careful exami• nation of the sums charged off to capital at the end of the half-year, they have certified the accounts appended to the report as being in accordance with the books and documents of the company, and a true abstract of their monthly audit of the past six months. They also state the Parliamentary charges for the session of 1863 charged to capital account amounted to £28,724, of which the sum of £28,803 was incurred in opposing the Beckenham, Lewes, and Brighton Bill, and £4,921 in opposing the Tun bridge Wells and Eastbourne Bills and other schemes. They repeat their former opinion that all checks should be drawn payable to order, and every one of them crossed. The locomotive superintendent and resident engineer have certified to the auditors the efficient state of the rolling stock and of the permanent way, and that the latter is being strengthened by the introduction of additional sleepers. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN. SHIRE. It appears that during the past half-year the locomotive engines of this company were in the aggregate 203,628 hours in steam, of which 100,672 hours were spent in running with the trains, 60,230 hours in shunting at stations, and 42,726 hours in standing. The quantity of coke consumed was 3,483 cwts., and the coal consumed 501,859 cwts.; against 20,248 cwts. of coke and 416,808 cwts. of coal consumed in the corresponding half of 1863. The cost per hour working, in conse quence of the increased price of coals, was 15.36 d. against 12.38 d. for the corresponding period of last year. The total mileage run by the engines during the half year was 1,478,288 miles against 1,400,241 miles for the corresponding half of 1863, showing an increase of 78,047 miles ran, the cost per mile being 1.674, caused by the strike in the South Yorkshire coal district, against 1.41 d. in the corre sponding half of 1863. The working of the trains during the half-year showed that 34,087 passenger trains were run, of which 26,829 trains arrived in time, and 7,174 above five minutes after time. The number of goods trains was 10.055, of which 6,373 arrived in time, and 3,143 above five minutes after time. The number of coal trains was 6,849, of which 4,916 arrived in time, and 1,774 above five minutes after time. The average number of car riages in the passenger trains was 61, the average number of waggons, &c., in the goods trains was 39i, and in the coal trains 28i. PNEUMATIC DESPATCH (LIMITED). The report of the directors states that they fully expected to have been able to announce to the shareholders that the first portion of the line from Easton to Holborn was completed, and the system in operation upon a large scale with the full-sized tube. The necessary works will, however, yet ie quire from a month to six weeks to complete; and under these circumstances the general meeting, w hien must, according to the resolution of the Ist of August last, take place in the month of July, will be held on the 30th inst. pro forma, and adjourned until a day to be then named, when the first portion of the line will be finished, and the directors will be able to submit to the shareholders complete state ments of the costs, and the result of the working of the first section of the large tube. Murder and Suicide, Yesterday the police received information that a murder had been committed in Smith-street, Somers-town, and upon proceeding to No. 15 in that street they found that their information was correct. In a coal cellar in a back kitchen the body of a woman had been found concealed, and in the last stage of putrefaction. It appears that for some years past the woman, whose proper name was Reellla Bishop, had been living with a man named James Brown, a carpenter. This man, although merely a journeyman, had saved money and was proprietor of several houses in the neighbourhood. He was about 50 years of age, while the deceased was only about 35. They lived in the above named house as man and wife, and occupied the two par lours and back kitchen, the front kitchen and firet floor be ing let off to lodgers. They had been in the habit of drink ing and quarrelling. On Tuesday morning last both of them were seen about together, and they were then appa rently on the best terms. A short time afterwards they were heard quarrelling in the back kitchen. The deceased was heard to scream as if in great agony, and then to fall heavily. This did not create any surprise, and, in fact, one of the next-door neighbours remarked that the quarrel be tween Brown and his wife was soon over, and that they had soon made matters up, as all was quiet. Brown was seen about the house as usual that day and the next. He said that he and his wife had had a row and that she had left him. No notice was taken of the fact that the man did not return, as he had given out that he had Kot work at the docks, and he had before been known not to return till the Saturday night. On the Saturday night he returned. His son, a youth, called to see him, and they, it is stated, had supper, and then retired to rest, both of them sleeping in the same bed. At the usual hour on Sunday morning both got up, and as it was supposed that the murdered woman did not intend to return, Brown was invited to take dinner with his lodger on the firstfloor, and he did so. Before dinner he was asked why he did not return sooner, and he replied that he did not like to do so, as he thought he would give his wife an opportunity of coming back, and was surprised that she had not done so. He ate a hearty dinner, and late on Sunday night retired, as it was thought, to bed, he at the time being as cheerful as usual. Yesterday morning an old woman who occupies the front kitchen noticed a strong smell in the house, which apparently had its origin in the back kitchen. About 12 o'clock a neighbour came in, and in speaking about the smell remarked that it was strange that the deceased woman had not been seen since the day her screams were heard. She suggested that the deceased had been murdered, and that the bad smell arose from the body. She tried the back kitchen door, and finding that she could not get admission there she and the lodger went into the yard and looked into the room. Everything appeared to be in proper order, but, the woman's suspicions being aroused, she determined on entering the room. Th 3 window was forced and the woman entered, and found, on opening a door, the dead body of the deceased crushed into a small closet under the stairs, with the head downward. The police were sent for, and Inspector Gibson, of the S division, and Police-constable Woodrow, 165 S, immediately attended. The body was in an advanced state of decomposition, but an examination of it by Dr Sutherin, of St. Pancras-road, and Dr Jackson, of Brewer-street, showed that a deep wound had been inflicted on the bank of the head before death. In spector Gibson, finding both parlour doors shut and locked, proceeded to break open the door of the front parlour. On entering he was surprised to find the body of Brown hang ing close to the folding door, Round the neck was a clothes life. The Inspector immediately cut down the body and the doctors pronounced that the deceased had been dead many hours. The murderer, although only a few inches from the ground, had to hang his head on one side to make the rope tight. By some it is supposed that the wound which killed the woman was caused by a kick, and by others that it was done by some blunt instrument. This latter notion was formed by the police ; but, although a strict search was made, no instrument calculated to produce the wound which caused the death of the deceased was found that had the least trace of blood on it. A small knife, how ever, was found smeared with blood, but that was not the weapon that inflicted the wound. The man, when hanging, had no boots or coat on, and on the police examining the coat ho wore at dinner yesterday with the lodger they found marks as of blood on it, and in the pocket a case containing two razors which had apparently been recently sharpened. The deceased woman is described as having been of very prepossessing appearance and of the most cleanly habits, as her dress and the appearance of the house generally de noted. It is stated that she was a married woman, that her husband is alive and rasides and works at Birmingham, and that she has had no children, The murderer is also said to have been married, and it is stated that his wife and family are now living. Dr. Lankester, the coroner, has been informed of the discovery of the bodies, and it is stated that, owing to the decomposed state of the woman, the inquest will be held this day (Tuesday), PRICE ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. The Military Riots in Rendsburg, DRESDEN, July 23. The following official report has been received hero from General von Hake, commanding the Federal troops in Holstein, of the disturbances between Prussian and Saxon and Hanoverian sol diers in Reudsburg on the 18th inst.:— " Altona, July 20. " Upon the 17th a quarrel arose in a dancing house outside Reudsburg, between Prussian soldiers upon the one side and Saxons and Hanoverians on the other. It was ultimately settled by the non commissioned officers on duty without calling for further assistance. "The affair, however, seems to have given rise to further lamentable excesses upon the 18th, the fol lowing day, which unfortunately did not pass over without numerous wounds being inflicted by both the parties in dispute. These were the men of the Prussian 15th Infantry Regiment and of an Artil lery company quartered in Rendsburg, and the non commissioned officers and men of the 3d Hano verian Infantry. In addition to the bad feeling previously obtaining between the men, and the want of sufficient precaution to prevent such conflicts, was the unfortunate circumstance that the barracks in which the Hanoverians were quartered are situ• ated in the same street as the Prussian hospitals, and in their immediate neighbourhood. Notwithstand ing that the excesses were confined to isolated con flicts in various parts of the Neawerk suburb, and that the Saxon and Hanoverian troops readily obeyed the tatoo which was beaten at 9 p,m. the Prussian commandant of the Kronwerk, Major von Hake, attached so much impor. Race to an entirely unfounded report that the Hanoverians intended to storm the above mentioned hospitals, that he required the protection of the two companies of the 15th Infan try cantoned in Oster and Wester Roeafeld. " This step was taken without reference to the Hanoverian commandant at Rendsburg, Lieut.- Colonel Demmer, but also without his offering any opposition, although he was upon the spot and in communication with Major von Hake. " The accounts of both parties coincide in stating that the Hanoverians were in their quarters by half-past nine. Towards 10 o'clock the Prussian companies arrived, loaded with ball, bivouacked until towards morning upon the parade square, and sent out continually strong patrols. By one of these patrols four Hanoverian non-commissioned officers, returning from visiting headquarters, were wounded after 10 o'clock. This is according to Hanoverian reports, the correctness of which the Prussians deny. "The only circumstance that appears in any way to justify such extraordinary raeasures may be that the Hanoverians quartered in the aforesaid barracks created unnecessary disturbance in the street before the hospitals, and may very probably have abused the Prussians. The stone•throwing with which they are charged has, at least, injured nobody, and the stones must also have been thrown through opened windows, as the panes are reported intact. "The whole affair was confined to a mere excess, such as will happen among mixed garrisons, parti. cularly where, as here, one class of troops, having served with distinction against the enemy, is per haps inclined to be more exacting than at other times, and the other class does not feel inclined to submit. At any rate, the mutual position is diffi cult, and requires tact and good sense to be brought to a fortunate issue. But Major von Hake has telegraphed in such terms to his Majesty the King of Prussia, in Berlin, and to his Royal Highness Prince Frederick Charles, that two more Prussian companies reached Rendsburg from Schleswig yesterday, as reinforcements and for eventful assist ance, and I have good reason to believe that farther Prussian detachments are on the march from Kiel. Especial importance and meaning, therefore, ap. pears to have been attached to these occurrences. " Yesterday afternoon, as soo❑ as I received the first report of the disturbances, I immediately sent Colonel von Fabrice to Rendsburg to prevent any recurrence of disorder, and to inform me at the same time of the real position of affairs. The Hanoverian Major-General von dem Knesebeok also received orders to repair to Rendsburg the same evening and examine into and report upon what occurred. I further requested the Prussian commander to adopt the same course as far as possible. Colonel Fabrice will go to-day to the head-quarters of the allied army in Apenrade, to lay before his Royal Highness Prince Frederick Charles, to whom very highly coloured reports have probably been made—our view of what has taken place, and to obviate, if possible, any further concentration of Prussian troops upon Rendsburg and the vicinity. " Finally, I have very respectfully to report that no further disturbances occurred yesterday or last night, and that indeed no reason appears to exist for the assumption that they could be renewed. All requsite measures of precaution have taken place. " GUSTY VON HAKE, Lieut.-General." The following correspondence has taken place in consequence of the disturbances " PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES Or PRUSSIA. TO GENERAL VON HARE. " I have respectfully to inform your Excellency that the outrages committed within the last few days by soldiers of the Federal garrison against Prussian sentinals and hospitals demand an immediate guarantep against the repetition of such and still further insults and dangers to the chief station and depot of the allied army. " His Majesty, my King and master, has there• fore been induced to issue the following order :—I am to take possession of Rendsburg, and make my self master of the place. In consequence of this Major-General von Goben will present himself be fore Rendsburg at noon, upon the 21s1, with 6,000 men and two batteries, in readiness to undertake the occupation of the posts. " It will depend upon the moderation, tact, and energy so frequently shown by your Excellency whether this inevitable step, indispensable to the honour of the Prussian army, shall be carried out in such a manner that the regulation of the entire affair may be left to subsequent diplomatic negotia- tion." " GENERAL VON HAKE TO PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES. " Your Royal Highness's communication of the inst. has been received by me, having crossed Col. Yon Fabrice, despatched upon a mission to head quarters. In view of the truthful explanations which my officer will have given your Royal High ness as to the military riots in Rendsburg, I feel firmly convinced that military measures of so re markable a character would not have been adopted if your Royal Highness had been already is posses sion of my officer's verbal report. " It is impossible for me, therefore, to consent to the occupation of Rendsburg by Prussian troops, but also clearly out of my power, independent Of other important reasons, to think of offering mili tary opposition with a weak garrison of four com panies. I must therefore decline all responsibility, and leave your Royal Highness to be answerable for the consequences. In case of your Royal Hig hness ad hering to the intention you have expressed, I shall, however, for the present, withdraw the troops from Rendsburg to avoid a conflict." It has alr ea dy b een c ommunicated by telegraph that General von Goben occupie d the t o wn and fortress of Rendsburg with a combined brigad e at noon on the 21st. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. During the five days the show was open at Newcastle last week, 114,281 persons were admitted, and the money taken at the entrances amounted to £8,171. The aggregate amount taken at the Leeds meeting was £10,889 ; Newca s tl e , therefore, occu pies the second position as regards the number of vieitors and the amount of money taken. I